Hi, That was accidental bug which was fixed after release: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/commit/d43f69d90740d5a230b0054fa32b6843b33691bc TL;DR remove all the clear text passwords from ini file and set admins via HTTP API to workaround the issue. This should help. -- ,,,^..^,,,
On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Edison Ch <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I install couchdb 1.6 fresh from port of freebsd 10 and it won't start with > the following errors: > > ------- > [couchdb@host1 ~]$ couchdb -i > Erlang/OTP 17 [erts-6.1] [source] [64-bit] [smp:8:8] [async-threads:4] > [kernel-poll:true] > > Eshell V6.1 (abort with ^G) > 1> Apache CouchDB 1.6.0 (LogLevel=info) is starting. > {"init terminating in > do_boot",{{badmatch,{error,{bad_return,{{couch_app,start,[normal,["/usr/local/etc/couchdb/default.ini","/usr/local/etc/couchdb/local.ini"]]},{'EXIT',{{badmatch,{error,{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,couch_primary_services,{shutdown,{failed_to_start_child,couch_server,{function_clause,[{couch_passwords,hash_admin_password,["couchdb"],[{file,"couch_passwords.erl"},{line,30}]},{couch_server,'-hash_admin_passwords/1-fun-0-',2,[{file,"couch_server.erl"},{line,148}]},{lists,foreach,2,[{file,"lists.erl"},{line,1336}]},{couch_server,init,1,[{file,"couch_server.erl"},{line,172}]},{gen_server,init_it,6,[{file,"gen_server.erl"},{line,306}]},{proc_lib,init_p_do_apply,3,[{file,"proc_lib.erl"},{line,239}]}]}}}}}}},[{couch_server_sup,start_server,1,[{file,"couch_server_sup.erl"},{line,98}]},{application_master,start_it_old,4,[{file,"application_master.erl"},{line,272}]}]}}}}}},[{couch,start,0,[{file,"couch.erl"},{line,18}]},{init,start_it,1,[]},{init,start_em,1,[]}]}} > > Crash dump was written to: erl_crash.dump > init terminating in do_boot () > ------- > > People told me that error cause by incorrect permissions. I have corrected > all permissions in /usr/local/etc/couchdb, /usr/local/share/couchdb, > /var/db/couchdb, /var/log/couchdb, /usr/local/lib/couchdb to couchdb:couchdb > > I even ensure that couchdb user has home to /usr/local/lib/couchdb -- > > http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/install/freebsd.html#installation-from-ports > > -- above document shows that couchdb should not have home directory > /sbin/nologin - it is a bit mess up to compare against > > http://couchdb.readthedocs.org/en/latest/install/unix.html#security-considerations > > --- > > I am at my wit ends. I am sure that there is bugs in installation script of > couchdb 1.6 in freebsd 10! I have repeat the process multiple times. > > Any help would be great. > > Edison
